The County of Hindmarsh is one of the 49 cadastral counties of

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

. It was proclaimed by Governor

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in 1842 and named for Governor John Hindmarsh.

Description

It extends from the

Fleurieu Peninsula The Fleurieu Peninsula () is a peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia located south of the state capital of Adelaide. History Before British colonisation of South Australia, the western side of the peninsula was occupied by the ...

in the southwest to the

Murray Mouth Murray Mouth is the point at which the River Murray meets the Southern Ocean. The Murray Mouth's location is changeable. Historical records show that the channel out to sea moves along the sand dunes over time. At times of greater river flow ...

in the southeast to Point Sturt on the Sturt Peninsula and the course of the Bremer River in the east, Mount Barker in the north and Sellicks Hill on the

Gulf St Vincent Gulf St Vincent, sometimes referred to as St Vincent Gulf, St Vincent's Gulf or Gulf of St Vincent, is the eastern of two large inlets of water on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, the other being the larger S ...

coastline in the northwest including the southern end of Mt Lofty Ranges,

Hindmarsh Island Hindmarsh Island (Ngarrindjeri: Kumerangk) is an inland river island located in the lower Murray River near the town of Goolwa, South Australia, Goolwa, South Australia. The island is a tourist destination, which has increased in popularity si ...

, Mundoo Island and part of Lake Alexandrina. This includes the following contemporary local government areas: *

District Council of Yankalilla The District Council of Yankalilla is a local government area centred on the town of Yankalilla on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia. It was created on 23 October 1856, when the District Council of Yankalilla and Myponga was divided i ...

* Victor Harbor City *

Alexandrina Council Alexandrina Council is a local government area in the Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island region of South Australia. The Alexandrina Council was formed on 1 July 1997 by the amalgamation of the District Council of Port Elliot and Goolwa, the District C ...

(excluding small portions on west and east flanks) *

District Council of Mount Barker The Mount Barker District Council is a local government area centred on the town of Mount Barker just outside the Adelaide metropolitan area in South Australia. The council was first established in October 1853. It expanded to four times its o ...

(central third including the Mount Barker township)

History

The following hundreds have been proclaimed within the county - Encounter Bay, Goolwa, Kondoparinga, Macclesfield, Myponga, Nangkita, Waitpinga and Yankalilla in 1846, Strathalbyn in 1850, and Alexandrina and Bremer in 1851.

Hundreds

The County of Hindmarsh is divided into the following

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to des ...

Hundred of Alexandrina

The Hundred of Alexandrina () was proclaimed on 7 August 1851. It covers an area of and is named after the lake partially located within the county and which is known as Lake Alexandrina. It includes the following localities -

Clayton Bay Clayton Bay is a town in South Australia located on Lake Alexandrina and Lower Murray River, part of the lower lakes and Coorong region at the end of the Murray River System. The town is located north of the north-east tip of Hindmarsh Island ...

Point Sturt Point Sturt is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Sturt Peninsula on the west side of Lake Alexandrina about south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about east of the municipal seat of Goolwa. It is ...

and parts of Finniss, Lake Alexandrina and

Milang Milang ( ) is a town and locality located in the Australian state of South Australia on the west coast of Lake Alexandrina (South Australia), Lake Alexandrina about south-east of the state capital of Adelaide city centre, Adelaide and about nor ...

Hundred of Bremer

The Hundred of Bremer () was proclaimed on 7 August 1851. It covers an area of and is named after the British naval officer, Sir J Gordon Bremer. It includes the following localities - Nurragi, Willyaroo and parts of Belvidere, Finniss, Langhorne Creek, Lake Plains, Lake Alexandrina,

, Sandergrove and Strathalbyn.

Hundred of Encounter Bay

The Hundred of Encounter Bay () was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. It covers an area of and is named after the bay which it overlooks on its south-east boundary. It includes the following localities - Back Valley, Hindmarsh Tiers, Lower Inman Valley and Victor Harbor and parts of

Encounter Bay Encounter Bay is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state's south central coast about south of the state capital of Adelaide. It was named by Matthew Flinders after his encounter on 8 April 1802 with Nicolas Baudi ...

, Hindmarsh Valley, Inman Valley and Waitpinga.

Hundred of Goolwa

The Hundred of Goolwa () was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. It covers an area of and is named after the lake partially located within the county and whose name is reported as being derived from an aboriginal word meaning “the elbow.” It contains the following localities - Goolwa, Goolwa Beach, Goolwa North, Hayborough, McCracken, Middleton, Mosquito Hill and

Port Elliot Port Elliot is a town in South Australia toward the eastern end of the south coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula. It is situated on the sheltered Horseshoe Bay, a small bay off the much larger Encounter Bay. Pullen Island lies outside the mouth of t ...

and parts of Currency Creek, Goolwa South, Hindmarsh Valley, Mount Jagged and Tooperang.

Hundred of Kondoparinga

The Hundred of Kondoparinga was proclaimed in 1846 and covers . It includes the localities of Ashbourne, Bull Creek, part of Finniss, McHarg Creek,

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, Mount Magnificent, Mount Observation, Nangkita, Paris Creek, Prospect Hill, Sandergrove, and part of Strathalbyn.

Hundred of Macclesfield

The Hundred of Macclesfield was proclaimed in 1846 and covers . The main towns in the hundred are Mount Barker,

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and Macclesfield. It also includes the localities of Blakiston, Bugle Ranges, Flaxley, Green Hills Range, Mount Barker Junction, Mount Barker Springs, Mount Barker Summit and Totness.

Hundred of Myponga

The Hundred of Myponga () was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. It covers an area of and whose name is derived from an aboriginal word “Maippunga, which in one source is stated to mean “divorced wife” while in another is stated to mean "standing water". It contains the following localities - Myponga, Myponga Beach, Pages Flat, Wattle Flat and parts of

Carrickalinga Carrickalinga (from Kaurna Karrakardlangga / Karragarlangga) is a small coastal town in South Australia about south of Adelaide on the Fleurieu Peninsula overlooking Gulf St Vincent. The town has no shops, with the nearest being in Normanville ...

, Hope Forest, Mount Compass, Mount Magnificent, Sellicks Hill, Willunga Hill, Yankalilla and Yundi.

Hundred of Nangkita

The Hundred of Nangkita () was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. It covers an area of and its name is derived from an aboriginal word meaning “place of little frogs”. It contains the following localities -

, Mundoo Island and parts of Currency Creek, Finniss, Goolwa South, Mount Compass, Mount Observation, Mount Jagged, Nangkita and Tooperang.

Hundred of Strathalbyn

The Hundred of Strathalbyn was proclaimed in 1850 and covers an area of immediately west of the Bremer River. The main towns within the hundred are Strathalbyn,

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and Langhorne Creek. It also includes the localities of

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, Belvidere, Gemells, Highland Valley, Red Creek, Salem and Wistow.

Hundred of Waitpinga

The Hundred of Waitpinga () was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. It covers an area of and is reportedly named after an aboriginal word, “Waitpiinga” meaning “the windy place”. It includes the following localities - Deep Creek and Tunkalilla and parts of Cape Jervis, Delamere, Parawa, Silverton, Waitpinga and Willow Creek.

Hundred of Yankalilla

The Hundred of Yankalilla () was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. Its name is reported as being derived as follows by Professor N.B. Tindale:

It is derived from the Aboriginal word jankalan, meaning "falling'', from an incident in the myth of
Tjilbruke Tjilbruke (also Tjirbruki, Tjilbruki, Tjirbruke, Tjirbuk or Tjirbuki,) is an important creation ancestor for the Kaurna of the Adelaide plains in the Australian state of South Australia. Tjilbruke was a Kaurna man, who appeared in Kaurna Drea ...
, whose sister's icmummified body began to fall into pieces here, as he was carrying it from Brighton to Cape Jervis for burial.

The hundred includes the following localities - Bald Hills, Hay Flat, Normanville,

Rapid Bay Rapid Bay is a locality that includes a small seaside town and bay on the west coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. It lies within the District Council of Yankalilla and its township is approximately 100 km south of the stat ...

, Second Valley, Torrens Vale, Wirrina Cove and parts of Cape Jervis,

, Delamere, Inman Valley, Parawa, Silverton, Willow Creek and Yankalilla. The town of Yankalilla was laid out on sections 1180-81 of the hundred circa 1857.

References

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